12 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 6

I never fully walked away from teaching. I'm still employed by the school district to be apart of the after school program. I've been with the program for 3 years to help tutor, supervise, socialize, and cook for any high school students that want to attend. I enjoy the students that attend because they choose to be there for whatever reason. It's a program that I'm proud to be apart of.

My husband and I juggle around our schedules to make the after school program a priority. He comes home from work early to be with our kids while I'm at school. I give hugs and kisses and tell the boys I'm going to school. Now whenever I leave the house without them they ask me if I'm going to school. It's a logical deduction.

In the past, I have taken the boys with me to the after school program when something came up. I think it was beneficial for both my kids and the high schoolers. We all played a game of Uno. My 3-year old kept saying Uno after he layed down each card. One of the high schoolers was trying to help him play, and it was fun to watch them try to work together.

Today we had our Thanksgiving celebration at the program, so my boys and I decided to give out chocolates wrapped up. I tore tissue paper into squares and the boys counted out the chocolates. They wanted to unwrap them for the high schoolers, but I stopped them in time. They said it was to help them with the wrappers, but I'm sure once they saw chocolate they would have devoured them.

The whole family came to the program with me tonight, and the boys handed out their treats to the big kids. My boys were pretty shy, but they still handed them all out. They even wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.